2021 IECMHC Echo for Mental Health Consultants Serving Rural, Tribal, or Underserved Geographic Regions

Call for Applications

Application Deadline: Monday, December 14th, 2020

The Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (CoE for IECMHC) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for its 2nd IECMHC Echo for Mental Health Consultants serving rural, tribal or underserved geographic regions. This ECHO is a 4-month initiative that will be comprised of up to fifteen (15) mental health consultants. The Echo will offer mental health consultants practice strategies and support for working in the infant & early childhood mental health field, with a specific focus on the birth to age three population.

By participating in the Echo, participants will:

• Network and collaborate with other MHCs serving similar populations
• Increase knowledge and skills in the following core areas:
• Infant and toddler typical and atypical social and emotional milestones
• Consultative alliance and best practice for supporting caregivers to meet the unique mental health needs of infants and toddlers
• Caregiver well-being and stress reduction
• Co-producing outcomes with families
• Tools to measure infant toddler child and program-level outcomes

PROGRAM EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

• Five (5) group-based coaching calls in 2021:
• Tuesday, January 12, 3:00-4:30ET
• Tuesday, February 16, 3:00-4:30 ET
• Tuesday, March 2, 3:00-4:30 ET
• Tuesday, March 23, 3:00-4:30 ET
• Tuesday, April 6, 3:00-4:30 ET

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

Interested individuals are eligible for the IECMHC Echo for Rural Mental Health Consultants, if they currently serve as a mental health consultant serving rural, tribal, or underserved geographic regions.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applications closed on December 14, 2020.

Applicants will be notified the week of Monday, December 21, 2020.

Questions about the application can be sent to IECMHC@georgetown.edu.